DWI Blood/Alcohol Testing in Hospitals? (“Hey, prosecutor, that’s none of your business!”)
San Antonio DWI Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Testing in Hospitals I’m not talking about “privacy” here. I think we all know that if the government really wants to get into your business, it can and it will. This is just a fact of modern life. So, unless you live in a shack in the middle […]
Read More keyboard_arrow_right
DWI or Defendable? Looking at Blood Test Inaccuracies.
A Blood Test Isn’t Airtight Evidence in Your DWI Case Blood testing in DWI cases may be a bit frightening, especially to someone who has been arrested. Of course, there is the medical procedure of drawing blood that makes many people squeamish. Then, there is a lot of pomp and circumstance around the process. Latex […]
Read More keyboard_arrow_right
A Method to Their Madness?
Testing on the Machine (Perkin-Elmer Clarus 500 and TurboMatrix) After a laboratory purchases a gas chromatograph, a Perkin Elmer employee comes to the site to set it up, and he tests it to assure that it is in working order. After all, it costs about $75,000. Nevertheless, the DWI lawyer should know that it is […]
Read More keyboard_arrow_right
“Good” Science For Gas Chromatographic Blood Alcohol Analysis
First of all, we need a cast of characters for this story. A Laboratory The central calibration and testing laboratory in Texas is the Texas Department of Public Safety Forensic Toxicology Laboratory [DPS]. The Rules All laboratories have their own Standard Operating Procedures. These are usually in the form of a manual that describes in […]
Read More keyboard_arrow_right
Laboratory Blood Testing: What’s Really Going on Here?
So many States in this country are using blood test results in DUI/DWI cases that the Supreme Court had to lay down some rules. Number One: A blood draw is a search, and the police are going to need a search warrant to do it. Missouri v. McNeely (2013) Number Two: The person who actually […]
Read More keyboard_arrow_right
Attorney Scharmen Comments on Broken DWI System Related to Blood Test Results
Many DWI attorneys in Bexar County are in agreement that the DWI system is broken, according to an article from KSAT Channel 12 News. In the article, the issue of blood testing is discussed, as many DWI defense lawyers agree that blood tests are not being used in the courtroom. Attorney George Scharmen was quoted […]